WEBVTT
X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:900000,LOCAL:00:00:00.000
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.630
2
00:00:05.630 --> 00:00:08.140
We've all come to expect a
lot of modern health care
3
00:00:08.140 --> 00:00:10.105
and medicine in
the 21st century.
4
00:00:10.105 --> 00:00:13.730
But how can we be sure that all
these treatments actually work?
5
00:00:13.730 --> 00:00:15.570
That they're safe and reliable.
6
00:00:15.570 --> 00:00:18.730
And how are new treatments
developed in the first place?
7
00:00:18.730 --> 00:00:21.470
The answer to all of those
questions are simple.
8
00:00:21.470 --> 00:00:22.840
Research.
9
00:00:22.840 --> 00:00:25.030
Everything we do in
healthcare, every tablet
10
00:00:25.030 --> 00:00:28.430
that is prescribed, every
treatment that is given,
11
00:00:28.430 --> 00:00:30.300
every aspect of
the care that makes
12
00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:34.160
modern medicine so remarkable;
has first to be discovered.
13
00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:36.800
And then thoroughly evaluated
before it can be out
14
00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:37.470
into practise.
15
00:00:37.470 --> 00:00:39.280
This discovery and
evaluation is done
16
00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:43.530
in a variety of ways, which
collectively we call research.
17
00:00:43.530 --> 00:00:45.800
This free online course
is all about that process
18
00:00:45.800 --> 00:00:49.390
of discovery, and how it is
used to improve healthcare.
19
00:00:49.390 --> 00:00:52.060
Together we look in detail
at why we do research
20
00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:53.450
and how we do it.
21
00:00:53.450 --> 00:00:55.790
We'll focus on the important
ethical questions raised
22
00:00:55.790 --> 00:00:59.282
by research, and we'll take
a look into the future.
23
00:00:59.282 --> 00:01:00.740
Over the four weeks
of this course,
24
00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:03.010
we'll meet a wide
variety of people who
25
00:01:03.010 --> 00:01:04.590
play a key role in research.
26
00:01:04.590 --> 00:01:07.710
We'll learn how they all
make invaluable contributions
27
00:01:07.710 --> 00:01:09.590
to this process of discovery.
28
00:01:09.590 --> 00:01:13.040
And by the end, we will have
a much better understanding of
29
00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.170
not only the challenges
of conducting research,
30
00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:16.820
but also the enormous
benefits that it
31
00:01:16.820 --> 00:01:18.370
can offer modern medicine.
32
00:01:18.370 --> 00:01:20.020
The course is aimed
at everyone who
33
00:01:20.020 --> 00:01:21.880
wants to know more
about modern health care
34
00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:25.450
and the role of research
and discovery within it.
35
00:01:25.450 --> 00:01:28.260
It may be of special interest
to senior pupils at school
36
00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:30.620
who are contemplating
a career in healthcare,
37
00:01:30.620 --> 00:01:33.051
as well as those already
working in those fields,
38
00:01:33.051 --> 00:01:35.550
and who would like to learned
more about the research that's
39
00:01:35.550 --> 00:01:36.920
happening around them.
40
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:40.020
I very much hope you'll
join me on this course
41
00:01:40.020 --> 00:01:42.840
and I look forward to sharing
this fascinating subject
42
00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:44.540
with you.
43
00:01:44.540 --> 00:01:54.539